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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish lóigidecht, from Old Irish lóg (“value”).
Pronunciation
Noun
luaíocht f (genitive singular luaíochta, nominative plural luaíochtaí)
- merited reward, merit
Declension
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Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 442
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59